AUSTRALIA | The Primary Connect team at Heathwood Chilled and Fresh Distribution Centre has agreed to new Enterprise Agreement.
A new Enterprise Agreement (EA) covering over 300 team members at Woolworths Group’s Heathwood Chilled and Fresh Distribution Centre (HCFDC) has been agreed by the team after receiving a majority ‘yes’ vote this afternoon.
The HCFDC has supplied frozen and chilled products to all Woolworths stores in Queensland and Northern New South Wales.
It will continue to provide additional contingency across the eastern seaboard as industrial action occurs at three DCs in Victoria and one in NSW.
The Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees’ Association and its members endorsed the offer. The new agreement will provide the team at HCFDC with the certainty of guaranteed wage increases over the life of the three-year agreement, as well as other benefits. It is above inflation and 40 percent above the underlying Award.
Woolworths Group will now apply to the Fair Work Commission for EA approval.
“We’re pleased that our team has voted in favour of the new agreement, which will ensure they receive an improved wage deal in time for Christmas,” said a Woolworths Group spokesperson.
“The site is an important part of us supporting the needs of our customers across Queensland and Northern New South Wales, and we thank our team at the site for their continued hard work, particularly during the busy festive season.”
They added that Woolworths Group had approximately 200,000 team members, and they had recognised the value of their work.
At the same time, they were focused on ensuring a sustainable business for Woolworths Group team members, customers, suppliers, and the communities in which it operates.
HCFDC has not been participating in indefinite industrial action in the four DCs, but it stopped working 24 hours on Friday last week.
